Incorporation of the equilibrium temperature approach in a Soil and Water Assessment Tool hydroclimatological stream temperature model

• Published in: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Du, Xinzhong, Shrestha, Narayan Kumar, Ficklin, Darren L., Wang, Junye
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Athabasca River; Canada; Nash; North Fork; Sutcliffe
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2343-2018; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00006760; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00006717/hess-22-2343-2018.pdf; https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/22/2343/2018/hess-22-2343-2018.pdf

Stream temperature is an important indicator for biodiversity and sustainability in aquatic ecosystems. The stream temperature model currently in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) only considers the impact of air temperature on stream temperature, while the hydroclimatological stream tempera...